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	January, 2018
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"Reading To" Gives Children Time To Imagine You Can See it! When students are read to, they are engaged, listening, thinking, anticipating, imagining, and sharing. And they have more time to comprehend a story and hear the language of writing. Great stories with great illustrations create a great "read to" time.  Books for Young Learners (BYL) BIG Books in their large format offer easy viewing by the class and will keep students engaged and entertained.   Make the best of your read to time!      TRY Any BYL BIG Books for     $10.00 Reg. Price $15.00     USE Coupon Code LB2018     TRY Any BYL BIG/Little Books Pk  $5.00 OFF Reg. Price $37.00     USE Web Coupon WEB005              OFFER ENDS 02/28/2018!  Available as single BIG Books or BIG  Book with 6 Little Books sets  Shop: Books for Young Learners BIG Books PK-3! Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

 

 

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Literature for the Classroom	January, 2018
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for your loyalty and for making  2017 a very good year!                                    click We have more great products for 2018   Use our coupons often for BIG discounts We wish you a wonderful New Year of Teaching and Learning and look forward to serving you in 2018!  Shop: Books For Young Learners PK-3 - English & Spanish                  Meet the Author 2-5      Author at Work 4-7                  Professional Books        Our Website home page              Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

 

 

 

	December, 2017
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BOOKS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS (BYL) PK-3   Readers' Theater Performing arts engages and develops both learning and interpersonal skills in a fun, enriching, and memorable way! Bring it into your classroom today!
Students love it! Watch their skills improve with every performance! Each Readers' Theater package includes: 5 Books for Young Learners and 5 Entertaining Short Scripts!   ● improves reading comprehension      and retention   ● increases fluency   ● extends vocabulary   ● develops oral skills, listening skills,      social skills, and confidence   ● offers opportunities for various      writing activities    Readers' Theater Packages for PK-3    Emergent, Early, and Fluent Readers   Adapted from Books for Young Learners—short, engaging   fiction and nonfiction books.		SAVE MONEY with website coupons The BYL Collection has a broad range of child centered content. They are interesting and complete stories written by authors representing a child’s view and appropriate for a child’s reading level and stage of development from PK-3. Books for Young Learners maximize the reader’s learning experience through the proper balance of supports and challenges in text and interest. They increase in reading complexity and content from emergent to early to fluent. The books are leveled by Fountas and Pinnell and Reading Recovery®. FREE Book Notes & Comprehension Prompts                   Explore our books organized by: Subject/Themes Fiction/Nonfiction Books Reading Levels Various Packages Spanish authentic translations

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If you had A Window into Readers' Thinking  Would it Change Your Teaching? The Essential RMA: A Window into Readers' Thinking by Yetta Goodman, Prisca Martens, Alan Flurkey                     CLICK HERE! For FREE copy of: Table of Contents, Preface, Part 1, Author Bios Read: Endorsements Paperback 80 pages Item # 555 $13.95   Retrospective Miscue Analysis (RMA) was first a research tool. Now it is a teaching tool that can be effectively used in the classroom. Information collected through retrospective miscue analysis leads to meaningful discussions between teacher and student and among students, with or without the teacher, that helps learners to express their individual thinking about the reading process as it relates to their personal reading strategies. RMA helps learners develop valuable knowledge of the principles of reading, and how and where to apply that knowledge to help them improve their reading and writing skills. Understanding the thinking behind a learner’s action can be the linchpin to successful teaching and learning practices, and skill improvement for all students. The content of The Essential RMA applies to learners from primary grades to adulthood. Get the book and get A Window into Readers' Thinking.              RMA BLOG Blog with the authors!  Join the retrospective miscue blog where the authors and guests write about RMA and where you can post replies. Read Susan Warren's post, Reading That Makes Sense.  An educator talks about helping a second grade boy revalue himself as a learner.   "The Essential RMA: A Window into Readers’ Thinking does it all. It spells out, step-by-step, how to conduct one of the most effective strategies ever devised for helping people of all ages develop as readers: Retrospective Miscue Analysis."                              Carole Edelsky, Professor Emerita                              Arizona State University "By opening a window into readers’ minds, RMA provides teachers with strategies for engaging in authentic inquiries with students about their reading processes. The ultimate goal is so much more than a higher test score.  We aim for readers who are aware of their reading strategies and take charge of their own learning."                              Kathy Short,                              University of Arizona "At a time when teacher expertise is being replaced by scripted and prescriptive programs, The Essential RMA is a rarity in that it invites teachers to work closely with ALL readers and design instruction that honors both students and what they bring to texts."                              Catherine Compton-Lilly                              Reading Recovery Emerita Trainer                              University of Wisconsin Madison "This easy to follow guide equips teachers with the tools they need to bring authentic reading assessment back into their classrooms and plan individualized instruction for every student."                              Bess Altwerger                              Towson University, Towson, MD

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	September, 2017
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PET CRAZY A Poetry Friday Power Book For Ages 3-8 by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong Item#489 $17.00 For volume purchase discount Click Here Pets inspire fun with learning when they are the topics in reading, writing, and poetry. NEW! From the creators of The Poetry Friday Anthology Series Calling all “pet people”! PET CRAZY: A Poetry Friday Power Book features twelve PowerPacks that use creative activities to get your children (K-3) thinking, drawing, reading, and writing about cats, dogs, lizards, rabbits, and more! Kids love their pets! What better way to get them excited about developing language skills than through reading and writing projects centered on pets! This book offers several choices for reading, thinking, writing, and responding. Overall, it's a story in poems, but all of this is also organized in PowerPack groups that help children get a "behind the scenes" look at how poems work and how poets write and think. In each of these PowerPack groups, you'll find five things:  ●  PowerPlay Prewriting Activity  ●  Anchor Poem (from an outside source)  ●  Response Poem  ●  Mentor Poem  ●  Power2You Writing Prompt Children can have fun reading and thinking about poetry and learning about how poetry uses just a few words, but says so much and can inspire us to share our own thoughts and feelings.                      Looking for a great teacher conference to attend in the coming year?  Consider National Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Conference Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

	September, 2017
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BULLYING--social media, peer pressure, mean girls, tough guys, verbal and physical abuse. Students shouldn't face it in any way. Help them to overcome it in the best way! Barry Lane's book Force Field for Good is much more than an anti-bullying program. Force Field for Good will have your students joyously singing aloud, and working together on projects that promote understanding and tolerance as they grow into empathetic, courageous and compassionate people who make their classroom, their school, and their community a zone of compassion and learning! Force Field for Good is a year-long curriculum for 30 minutes per month with easy to use, teacher-created life-lessons and exercises. The book includes a DVD that contains singalong videos, home connection sheets, lesson reproducibles, and much more. "This not something that can be taught in a day, a week, or even a year, but a skilled teacher can start discussions that can last a lifetime and help students..."              Barry Lane and Colleen Mestdagh              Force Field for Good      Book with DVD $25.00 Audio CD of Songs $15.00 Force Field for Good     by Barry Lane and Colleen Mestdagh     Book with DVD  For Grades K-5 Looking for a great teacher conference to attend in the coming year?  Consider National Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Conference Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

 

	September, 2017
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Get Teacher Support for Every Book!             Instructional Value  with Trade Picture Book Qualities     PK-3 collection includes 174 English titles, 82 of which are translated into Spanish    Books For Young Learners (BYL):    ● They are interesting and complete stories written by independent       authors reflecting a child’s view and appropriate for a child’s reading       level and stage of development.     ● Books for Young Learners maximize the reader’s  learning        experience through the proper balance of supports and challenges        in text, pictures, content, and interest.    ● BYL books increase in reading complexity and content from       emergent, to early, to fluent. And are leveled by Fountas and Pinnell,          Reading Recovery, and Descubriendo la lectura (for ESL, dual language).       Ideal for shared, guided, and independent reading in school and at home.     ● Includes fiction and non-fiction, illustrations and photographs        multi-cultural, themes and genres; in soft covers, 8,12 or 16 pages        in length in variety of trim sizes and formats.        ● Each book has a corresponding Book Note with NEW       Comprehension Prompts written by Dr. Connie Hebert.                                    FREE DOWNLOADS! Dr. Connie Hebert, literacy consultant and former college professor, is currently a Reading Specialist with Nauset Public Schools on beautiful Cape Cod.  As an international literacy consultant, I use many of these Books for Young Learners with children in small group model lessons to support professional development of teachers. I am able to see where children have gaps in key areas of literacy development such as decoding, comprehension, and vocabulary. So I created a way to ‘plug’ these gaps with oral or written prompts that support each book and can quickly and easily be used on a daily basis. On the Book Notes you will see 5 categories of Comprehension Prompts I developed for each of the Books for Young Learners:   ● Finish This Thought (Completion) ● Use Your Memory (Recall & Text Evidence) ● What’s Your Opinion? (Reflective Thinking) ● Be Creative (Imaginative Drawing & Writing) ● Vocabulary Agent (Word Exploration) Dr. Hebert’s mission is to catch EVERY falling reader around the world. She has motivated, inspired, and presented seminars, model lessons, and inspirational keynote addresses for teachers, administrators, and parents in forty-seven states and four countries. For more information, please visit: www.conniehebert.com                             Page 2 of the Book Note for the BYL book Moon. Click Book Note for pages 1,2 enlarged.

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	August, 2017
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When teaching children reading and writing, include STORYTELLING...

Why is storytelling so important to our development as literate, articulate, sensitive adults?  Because stories are at the heart of our humanity and storytelling involves our bodies, our minds,  our understanding of language, and our desire to communicate. Watch this movie.  Enjoy it. Isn't it time to bring storytelling back into the classroom? SEE FOR YOURSELF from the full DVD A Storytelling Unit in Action, included with the book Children Tell Stories. Click the Curtain

Children Tell Stories: Teaching and Using Storytelling in the Classroom w/DVD Telling Stories: A Storytelling Unit in Action by Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss        $29.95 Click here   Includes: DVD -Telling Stories: A Storytelling Unit in Action-A compelling 15-minute video that provides:  ● strategies for helping children become confident, competent communicators  ● demonstrations of storytelling in the classroom  ● interviews with teachers, children, and parents  ● text for 25 printable stories

ALSO by Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss                4 Books in the Books Young Learners Collection.    Great for young children to use in retelling:                                                  Two Fables of Aesop   Why Animals Never Got Fire    How Fox Became Red    Tricky Rabbit     Package $18.00 Click here

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From Shirley Clarke Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice   by Shirley Clarke $40.00 20% OFF!  use coupon code ILAP Expires Aug. 18, 2017  For the past 15 years British academic Shirley Clarke  has embraced a dynamic definition of formative  assessment as a set of proven learning processes  with which students are more likely to become  lifelong learners.  At the heart of this approach to  formative assessment is the idea of a learning  culture, where children and teachers have a  growth mindset, self-belief, meta-cognitive skills  and the belief that all can succeed. Look Inside            Table Of Contents and Introduction   The Perfect Complement Katherine Muncaster with Shirley Clarke   "Whatever the learner's age, the curriculum demands, the subject, the educational setting or testing arrangements, formative assessment is always relevant, as it revolves around the only focus that makes any sense: the empowerment of the learner. Once this becomes the prime focus of every teacher and pupil, with formative assessment as the driving and guiding force, outstanding achievement is not only possible, but highly probable." --Shirley Clarke     Core sections of the book include: Helps teachers create an environment for pupils to be active learners, constant reviewers and self-assessors.   Ensures teachers start and finish lessons effectively by initially establishing students' prior knowledge and capturing their interest and finally encouraging pupil reflection to find out what has been learned and what still needs to be developed.   Develops learning by helping students articulate their understanding and focusing on constant review and improvement.   Focuses on whole-school development including lesson study, assessment policies and stories from outstanding schools.

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	July,  2017
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Thank You for Visiting Our Booth Great ILA Conference!  AND  Great Prices Don't End There! You can still get conference discount prices. HURRY! CONFERENCE PRICING ENDS 8/18/17 Click here for CONFERENCE DISCOUNT pricing on Professional and Children's books CONGRATULATIONS TO 10 WINNERS of our 10 BOOKS RAFFLE! and RECIPIENTS of our FREE BOOKS give away GET 33% OFF Books for Young Learners PK-3 Collection English and Spanish     by Lois Podoshen by Kari Yates Conference Discounts on  More Children's Books...   AUTHOR SIGNINGS What a turnout! Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong and more... GET 33% OFF! Poetry Friday Books 20% OFF All Professional Books...     Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 M-F 9-5 - FAX 914/232-3977

	June, 2017
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Ralph Fletcher Reflections copy price $8.00   Nikki Grimes Out of the Dark copy price $8.00    Margaret Mooney Essentially M  copy price $8.00   Author at Work Collection These soft cover autobiographies are great resources to inform and inspire children in grades 4 to 7 to develop their own writing skills and style. The Authors hold the readers' attention with realistic and relatable information. "They are the smartest and most honest books that I know for children about  lives of writers.  They are so well crafted because the writers themselves are talking about their craft."    Isoke Nia, All Write Literacy Consultants    Jane Yolen              Page 14 and 15 of On the Slant                            On the Slant by Jane Yolen Single copy price $8.00 Author at Work Author Memoirs Established authors share writing tips & experiences. for GRADES 4-7 Package All 4 Books $28.80  10% Discount Off Single Copy Price Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

 

	June 2017
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Catch up on your professional reading over summer with classics from Margaret Mooney    20% OFF All books by Margaret Mooney End date of June 30, 2017 Thirty years ago Margaret Mooney wrote a little book for the New Zealand Ministry of Education called Developing Life-long Readers.  The book came out about the time that she began making periodic trips to the US to work with American teachers.  At the heart of the thinking of New Zealanders and Australians were ideas that continue to have merit. At the beginning of Margaret’s book are a set of beliefs: ·        ● Reading programs should be child centered. ·        ● Reading for meaning is paramount. ·        ● Reading must always be rewarding. ·        ● Children learn to read by reading. ·        ● Children learn best on books that have meaning and are       rewarding. ·        ● The best approach to teaching reading is a combination of       approaches. ·        ● The best cure for reading failure is good first teaching. ·        ● The foundations of literacy are laid in the early years. All of Margaret's books build on these beliefs.  The ideas permeated Margaret’s teaching in the US for more than 20 years. We need to be reminded of what is truly important in teaching young children. We need to return to inspiring and timeless fundamentals. Developing Life-long Readers  $7.95 NOW! $6.36 Summary Details   Reading To, With, and By Children E-BOOK VERSION ONLY Kindle Edition on AMAZON $7.95 Summary Details A Book is A Present: Selecting Text for Intentional Teaching $26.95  NOW! $21.56 Summary Details   Text Forms and Features:  A Resource for Intentional Teaching $26.95  NOW! $21.56 Summary Details Caught in the Spell of Writing and Reading: Grade 3 and Beyond $29.95 NOW! $23.96 Summary Details Essentially M  FP Level S $8.00   NOW! $6.40  Summary Details Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

 

 

	May 2017
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Student Writing Journals PK-3 NOT your old blank composition books! Stock Up For Fall These unique resources and their accompanying Teacher's Guides reflect many years of classroom experience.  Key student supports and prompts are built in to each draft writing book to enrich instruction, support the writing process, and engage students in:   open-ended writing developing writing skills experiencing authorship recording knowledge and progress over time preserving a collection of written work to share with parents. Each book is different and Grade appropriate! Click on each journal to see sample interior pages. Some of the features that make these draft writing books stand out as unique in their use for the writing process: word lists        lines spaced for revisions editing guides observation notes pages alphabet recognition pages spelling development record                                          table of contents                                                       grammar pages space for graphic organizers author personalizes front and back cover  and more!                       My Writing $1.75                     Grades 2 & 3            I Can Write! $1.50           Kindergarten- 1st Grade My Pictures and Stories @ $1.50 PK-Kindergarten   Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  www.rcowen.com  PO Box 585 - Katonah, NY 10536 - 800/336-5588 - FAX 914/232-3977

 

	May, 2017
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SALE ENDS THURSDAY JUNE 15!  Author Autobiographies for Grades 2-5 Ideal as Mentor Texts                      Meet the Author autobiographies are great resources to help children in grades 2 to 5 recognize and value biography as useful and interesting genre. Hardback books at paperback prices!  Buy single copies at $8.00 - Use coupon code MTA17 Until June 15,2017     The Meet the Author collection is as diverse in its authors as the authors are in their writing.                   MEET THE AUTHOR COLLECTION (MTA) Full-color photographs and illustrations in 32-page hardcover books      Authors take students on a reflective journey through their lives from a writer's perspective and show them how people, places, and events impact, influence, and inspire their writing.    Verna Aardema Lois Ehlert Karla Kuskin Cynthia Rylant  paperback only David Adler Douglas Florian Thomas Locker Seymour Simon paperback only Jim Arnosky Jean Fritz Margaret Mahy Mike Thaler George Ancona Lee Bennett Hopkins Laura Numeroff Janet Wong  paperback only Frank Asch James Howe Jerry Pallotta Jane Yolen   paperback only Joseph Bruchac Johanna Hurwitz Patricia Polacco  paperback only   Eve Bunting Eric A. Kimmel Laurence Pringle   For older readers grades 5-7 buy our Author at Work Collection (AAW)                   Ralph Fletcher         Nikki Grimes      Margaret Mooney      Jane Yolen               "They are the smartest and most honest books that I know for children about the  lives of writers.    They are so well crafted because the writers themselves are talking about their craft."                                                        Isoke Nia, All Write Literacy Consultants  Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc.  PO Box 585  Katonah,  NY 10536  800/336-5588   9a.m.-5p.m. EDT  M-F   FAX 914/232-3977